The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction

Excerpt from The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction: Pepita Jimenez, by Juan Valera; A Happy Boy, by Bjornstjerne Bjornson; Skipper Worse, by Alexander L. Kielland After the revolution in 1868 Valera held high Office during the short reign of Amadeo of Savoy, but withdrew when the republic was set up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."